BEAL

Etymology

Proper noun

Beal

A surname.

A small village in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0642).

A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5325).

An unincorporated community in Knox County, Indiana, United States.

Anagrams

• -able, Abel, Able, Bale, Blea, Ebla, Elba, able, albe, bael, bale, blea

Etymology

Noun

beal (plural beals)

(dialectal or obsolete) A small inflammatory tumor; pustule.

Verb

beal (third-person singular simple present beals, present participle bealing, simple past and past participle bealed)

(dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To gather matter; swell; come to a head, as a pimple; fester; suppurate.

Anagrams

• -able, Abel, Able, Bale, Blea, Ebla, Elba, able, albe, bael, bale, blea

Source: Wiktionary


Beal (, n. Etym: [See Boil a tumor.] (Med.)

Definition: A small inflammatory tumor; a pustule. [Prov. Eng.]

Beal, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bealed (; p. pr & vb. n. Bealing.]

Definition: To gather matter; to swell and come to a head, as a pimple. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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